You’ve been making your tea wrong this whole time, reveal tea experts

Asking a Brit if they know how to make a tea is considered one of the worst possible insults ever. Because, although the history behind the colonial beverage is as murky as the end result, the ability to make a fantastic cup is the source of a Briton’s pride.

Except, as it turns out, we have zilch to be proud about, because we’ve been getting our beverage wrong all these years. According to the experts, the emphasis of making a good cuppa should be on the brewing time — which is precisely five minutes.

Expert in the science of making tea Dr Stuart Farrimond said that this lengthy brewing time will make the cuppa fully caffeinated.

Drinking out of red mug will make your tea taste sweeter

Doing this will also boost the beverage’s its health properties too, as it will naturally release more antioxidants in this time.

Revealing the information on BBC Two show Inside The Factory, the teabag boffin spilled his secrets to TV presenter Cherry Healey.

He also had another key piece of advice: never drink from a styrofoam cup.

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Jasmine Andersson

When she isn't talking about her emotional attachment to meal deals or serenading unfortunate individuals with David Bowie power solos in karaoke booths, Jasmine writes about gender, politics and culture as a freelance journalist. She wastes her days tweeting @the__chez